Adam Lambert News : 26th August 2014

Queen With Adam Lambert in Sydney Show #1

FREDDIE Mercury might no longer be with them but Queen brought a special kind of magic to the Sydney stage during their Australia tour.

FOLLOWING the opening of their tour in Perth last Friday, the band took to the stage in Sydney's Allphone Arena on Tuesday night.The band opened with Now I'm Here and closed with their global hit Bohemian Rhapsody, as well as performing their hit A Kind of Magic.

The two original band members, guitarist Brian May, 67, and drummer Roger Taylor, 65, were joined on stage with vocals by American Idol alum 32-year-old Adam Lambert.

May played an acoustic centre-stage set including Love Of My Life during which he asked the audience to sing with him "for Freddie".

Lambert also thanked the crowd for "suspending your disbelief" and letting him perform in the place of the late Mercury.

But the charismatic frontman made an appearance on a recorded video playing a few songs, including the final song before the encore, Bohemian Rhapsody, where he had the final line: "Any Way The Wind Blows".

May’s extraordinary musical talent showed no signs of waning as he put his home-built electric guitar through its paces for two and a half solid hours.

Drummer Roger Taylor was also a powerhouse, clearly enjoying sharing the stage with his equally talented son Rufus who shone in a thumping “drum-off” battle with his father and proved he was worthy of sharing the stage.

While not a reincarnation of former frontman Freddy Mercury, Lambert strutted and sang his way around the stage in a way that would have made Mercury proud...........read more on Daily Telegraph

Adam Lambert out-camps Freddie Mercury at Allphones Arena

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Two of the things we learnt watching half of Queen with all and more of Adam Lambert: it is possible to out-camp Freddie Mercury – who knew? – even without tiny shorts and a loose tank top; but you can't cut off the marvellous Seven Seas Of Rhye even earlier than the original, while playing in full the oafish I Want It All, and expect to be forgiven.

Lambert, bringing Mercury by way of George Michael from the minute he stepped out in studded and glittered leather, in a sense was on a hiding to nothing. As good as his voice is, as flamboyant as his stage persona is, as many outfits as he could change into five, if you're wondering, he was not going to really measure up against the legend as much as the reality of one of the best front men ever.......read more at The Sydney Morning Herald

Queen bring some magic to Sydney

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Queen brought a kind of magic to the Sydney stage and decided, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

In a concert that closely modelled the opening of their Australian tour in Perth last Friday, the band took to the stage in Sydney's Allphone Arena on Tuesday night, with just one magical song exception.

The band had played almost the exact same setlist in Perth, opening with Now I'm Here and closing with seminal hit Bohemian Rhapsody, but in Sydney they performed their hit A Kind of Magic - which had not been listed for their Perth gig.

The two original band members, guitarist Brian May, 67, and drummer Roger Taylor, 65, were joined on stage with vocals by American Idol alum Adam Lambert, 32, but it was Taylor who took on the vocals for A Kind Of Magic.

Both Taylor and May took some time during the concert to sing solo, with Taylor's attempts on A Kind Of Magic proving a little more successful than May's rendition of Love Of My Life.

Both men took time to shine: May played an acoustic centre-stage set including Love Of My Life during which he asked the audience to sing with him "for Freddie".

Taylor got his moment in the spotlight and chose to share it with his son, Rufus: the pair had an on stage drum battle and Rufus actually played drums throughout the whole concert............read more on Yahoo AU

Queen and Adam Lambert Found Me “Somebody to Love” During Oz Tour Stop

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When I was growing up, my dad and I used to spend our Sunday’s watching movies and listening to music. Not the movies and music of the time, but what my dad liked to call “the classics” or “the greats”. From my earliest memory, these father – daughter dates were the highlight of my week. It wasn’t so much the movies I looked forward to, that’s not to say that I didn’t enjoy them, but the music… Oh, the music.

My dad’s all time, number one, most favourite band in the world, is Queen. We would sit in the living room playing record after record, not saying a word, just enjoying each other’s company and the music as it enveloped us.

In 1985, my dad got to live out one of his ultimate dreams. Seeing Queen live. And to this day, he tells the story of the time he was in the same room as Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor, John Deacon and Spike Edney. It’s a story he now tells my son, as the two of them have now begun their journey into “the classics”, devoting a part of their Saturday’s to sitting around listening to music. And yes, my dad still gets his records out.

When Freddie Mercury passed away in 1991, I think a part of my dad died with him. I was 12 at the time and can remember my dad’s eyes losing a little bit of their sparkle, and I can vividly remember the utter sadness in my dad’s voice when he told me that Freddie was gone, and that I would never get the chance to see Queen live on stage, for myself.

The band just finished their North American string of gigs. And while in the Land Down Under, two of the original members of the iconic British group sat down to talk with Australia Today about their flamboyant new frontman.

Brian May, Queen’s guitarist, and drummer Roger Taylor both called their collaboration with Adam Lambert “organic” — and that without Adam, Queen never would have hit the stage again.

Brian May said: “I never thought [touring] would happen again. If it hadn’t been for Adam coming along, in a kind of organic meeting process, then this would never have happened.”

Meanwhile Taylor had these comments to add about Lambert, and his flaming vocal style:

“He’s a man who has the range, the theatricality, and the charisma and the humor.”

Meanwhile the reviews from critics are in for the band’s opening night of the Australian tour, at Perth Arena.

And Perth Now Entertainment had this to say about the extravaganza, and about Adam’s taking the lead singer’s spot from the late Freddie Mercury:...........read more on Onepopz

Freddie Mercury Would Be 'Jealous' Of Adam Lambert Fronting Queen, Brian May Says

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Brian May, lead guitarist of the band Queen, has said that Freddie Mercury would be “a little jealous” of out singer Adam Lambert fronting Queen.

Freddie Mercury, the band's original frontman, died in 1991 of complications due to AIDS.

American Idol alum Lambert fronted for the band in a series of highly successful European shows in 2012 and again as part of last year's iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas.

Touring with the band in Australia, Lambert answered critics who say Mercury is simply irreplaceable.........read more on On To Magazine

Adam Lambert And Queen Rock It Out In Sydney, Adam Gets ‘Ambushed’ By A Fan

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Just to be clear, I’m using the term “ambush” really loosely. But we’ll get to that later.

First let’s focus on just how fabulous Adam Lambert and Queen were last night as they performed in Sydney, Australia. Actually, I guess it was technically tonight because Australia is so many hours ahead.

But who cares, because Adam and Queen rocked it. They’ve really been giving it their all on the Australia leg of their tour, and I’m sure the fans appreciate it. That’s a $30 million voice you’re listening to people............read more and see pics on Socialite Life